C&S Leadville Branch line with the track all laid. The wiring is also complete. Just needs the testing of the BUS and a new control panel diagram for the toggle switches to control the Kato turnouts.

At last they have laid the earthworks as a start to the house to accompany the Denver’s RailRoads layout (see shed at back of block). I need the house so that I can get all of the boxes and junk (aka furniture) out of the railway room and I can start to rebuild the layout.

Finished adding the extension and laying the track. As a result the trackplan has changed considerably. The following is the trackplan drawn in both AnyRail and CADRail. AnyRail is great for providing a comprehensive Kato library that snap together. CADRail on the other hand provides more features, such as colours and kit pictures. I am in the process of testing the power to the rails and once that is done I will create the control panel with toggle switches to control the turnouts.

Note that there are only three industries, but they have enough track length to create reasonable train lengths. 12-15 Hopper cars to the Climax Molybdenum Mine, 12 Reefers to the Mountain Meat Packing Plant and 6 tankcars to Acorn Petroleum Inc. Leadville station can accommodate 4 coach passenger trains. For now the loops will have to act as staging tracks but a staging yard could be added to the 12 car mine lead.